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Dad!

Let's get this beauty up there.

- It's fantastic. - I'll let you ride it.

That would be great. Mine's ancient.

You can have a new bike any time you want.

Dad, that's not what I meant. My bike's fine, really.

- Thanks, Michael. - You bet.

Ready? Let's get going.

Just waiting for you, dear. The ladies. God bless them.

Michael? Don't worry about Lisa. We'll take care of her.

Come on, Susan, your father's getting antsy.

Let's go in.

As soon as you get there you call me collect, all right?

Dad, don't worry about me. We're just going to Vermont.

I worry about you because there's a lot of nuts out there.

All right, you be careful too.

Don't worry about me. I can take care of me. We're set.

Watch your feet.

- I love you, dad. - Love you too.

- Kiss mom for me. - I will. Have a good weekend.

Lisa, wear your helmet!

Come on.

I saw this new stuff on TV. It's like a red ball, like play putty.

You squeeze it out, put it on your lip, count to three and pull it off.

Oh God, I sound like a commercial. Is Lisa okay?

Yes, she's fine. Your battery's dead again.

- Why didn't you take your car? - I was hoping it'd recharge.

I guess it must sting a bit, but not as much as electrolysis.

It's got to be cheaper.

Nice to have a place to ourselves.

- Do you want me to...? - Next time.

I'm gonna grab a quick nap then, hon.

Hello? Oh, hi. Yeah, he's here.

- Who is it? - It's Carolyn.

Yeah? No, nothing much.

No, Lisa went to Vermont with the Robertsons.

Yeah, they went biking.

Not tonight, I can't.

I'm sorry I missed your birthday.

I can't.

Carolyn, I can't, okay?

All right. Okay.

Seven thirty, all right?

Don't want to change your mind?

Go bowling with a bunch of teachers? I don't think so.

- They're my friends, honey. - They're boring.

They're boring? Must make me boring too, is that right?

Unambitious maybe.

All I want to do is teach, Maryann. It's all I want to do.

There are a thousand better jobs you could get.

- I'm happy here, that bother you? - The money is lousy.

We struggle to keep things going whlle half your students

drive to school in Porsches and Mercedes.

Don't start this now, please.

You shouldn't go, you know? You'll wreck your shoulder again.

I'll see how it goes. Love you.

- How's it going? - We're being humiliated.

- How's the arm? We need you. - It's gonna be another couple weeks.

I guess we won't be getting any jackets this year.

Oh, hi.

Hi. Sorry, I got held up. It's freezing out there.

- Feel my hand. - You need warming up.

Yes, I do. Yes, I do, daddy.

I'll just...

I stand outside your classroom sometimes watching you teach.

You're so great. I don't know. It inspires me.

The way you are with those kids,

it's like you're making them want to learn.

And then I go back to my room and I say, okay, that's what I'll do.

What Michael does, what my sweetie does.

But it doesn't work.

I can't even keep them in line, let alone elevate their thinking.

I can't be like you. I can't make them want to learn.

Look, Carolyn, you don't have to make them want to learn.

All you have to do is let them, and don't get in their way.

You see, you encourage them like you would a baby.

Do you have to make a baby want to walk or talk?

No, not at all. All you do is you give it a set of rules to follow.

But you push them so hard.

I push them because I want my kids to be the best they can be,

and I'll do whatever it takes to help them with that.

It works for you, but when I try to be tough, they laugh at me.

They laugh because they know you don't mean it.

You're too focused on trying to control them, and you're worried

about whether or not you're too soft hearted, which you are.

I can teach you, but you have to want to learn. Like the baby.

I want to learn like the baby. I want to be your baby.

I want to have your baby.

You know what the rules are. Right?

You make the rules, so, you can break them.

I can't. I can't because I don't want to.

You don't want me?

If you only knew...

Carolyn, can't we just be friends?

We can be friends, and we can just work together.

Friends that sleep together.

We could teach together.

Sleep together.

Is that all you ever think about?

Yeah?

What?

What?

Mike, make this be a bad joke.

Where are you? No, I'm not waiting.

No, you just sit tight. I'm on my way.

Sergeant, I don't think you understand. He doesn't know I'm here.

Shouldn't be too long now.

- Where they holding the guy? - Upstairs.

Excuse me? But for some odd reason you people think

he's got anything to do with a murder case...

Who said anything about murder, sir?

I couldn't see her. I thought maybe she was asleep on the sofa.

I turned the television off.

I looked around and I saw her laying on the floor.

I thought she was asleep.

It was dark.

- I turned her over. - What was that? You touched her?

I thought she was asleep. It didn't even look like her.

- Do a paraffin test on him? - Some rookie let him wash his hands.

- Moron. - You been to the apartment?

No forced entry, nothing stolen, nobody heard anything.

Maybe a pillow over the gun. Medical report?

- Still waiting. - That's another moron, that guy.

Mr. Carlin, I'm Detective Sergeant John Pollina.

I'm in charge of things now.

I'm very sorry about your wife, and I appreciate you coming in.

Perhaps we can figure this thing out.

Now, your daughter was away for the weekend?

Yeah, and I don't know what l'm gonna say to her.

And you went bowling last night,

but you didn't stay at the bowling alley very long. Where'd you go?

A friend.

I went to meet a friend.

Excuse me, how long is it gonna be? How long do I have to wait?

What do I have to do, kiss your brother's toukas?

I don't have a brother.

You got three calls yesterday from your daughter,

a friend of your wife's, and from a Carolyn Warmus.

Must be along drive for you everyday out in Manhattan huh?

- Most people do it the other way. - Don't you ever stop talking?

We used to teach at the same school.

The friend you met last night, you lovers?

No.

We used to be, but that's over.

You shouldn't smoke.

You're right, I shouldn't.

And people shouldn't murder other people, but they do.

And people shouldn't tell lies, but they do.

I'm not lying.

You told the patrolman you were at the bowling alley all night.

I wasn't thinking straight. That was stupid.

I told him the truth and I told you the truth.

You have sex with Carolyn Warmus last night?

No.

- Not exactly. - Could you be more specific here?

If it wasn't exactly sex, then what was it? Oral sex?

Did you have oral sex with Carolyn Warmus last night?

Yeah. That happened, but I didn't climax.

So you lied to me and told me the affair was over.

It was over. Just, last night I couldn't help myself.

Did you murder your wife cause she found out

you were having an affair with Carolyn Warmus?

No.

What was your wife doing when you left yesterday?

Watching TV. My wife was watching TV.

Dead people don't watch TV, Mr. Carlin.

According to the medical examiner's report,

your wife died no later than three thirty in the afternoon.

You were there all afternoon. You didn't leave until six thirty.

That's not possible, my wife was alive.

Medical report says that there was semen in your wife's vagina.

- Yours? - Yeah.

Did you make it with your wife before you killed her or after?

I love my wife.

But you screwed around with Carolyn Warmus, didn't you?

What?

Sorry, gentlemen. Mr. Carlin's friend says he won't wait any longer.

Too bad.

It's not just a friend. He's an attorney.

A lie detector? Now? What are you, nuts?

Look, he's out of it. Detective, this man is in shock, all right?

He's going through a terrible tragedy.

So unless you're gonna arrest him,

in which case, let's just read him his rights, shall we?

I'm not gonna arrest him. Not at this time.

That's fine, then. Let's go, Mike.

We'd like to talk to you again, Mr. Carlin.

I love my wife.

Will you please just be quiet? Come on.

Makes it with his wife in the morning, kills her in the afternoon,

has a little action from this bimbo at night. What a guy!

Come on. Detectives. Some of them are crazier than judges.

Blame the husband. That's all they know.

I wanted to talk to him, so I suggested we meet.

- What'd you want to talk about? - Love.

I see.

He said that you used to be lovers. That true?

No. We still are lovers. We had sex last night.

That must mean something. He breaks it off now and then,

but we always get back together.

That's how men are. They're never in love all the time.

- I love my wife. - Really?

Twenty-four hours a day, every moment of your life?

Waking, sleeping, dreaming?

That's how your wife loves you, because that's how women love men.

But I've never met a man that loved like that.

Poor Maryann. I can't even think about it.

Michael must be a mess, huh?

You don't think he might have killed his wife?

Are you serious? No! Michael could not hurt a fly.

He's very sweet. He's kind and gentle.

He loves his job. He's a wonderful teacher and he's a terrific father.

He loves Lisa and Maryann.

He used to, before he met me.

He still did. Sometimes. Not as much as me, I don't think.

But she was his wife and he was very loyal to her. I like that in a man.

- You ever talk about divorce? - Yeah.

One day it would be yes, and the next day, no.

But if he had really wanted a divorce she would have given it to him.

What about you, what do you want?

Him. I love him.

I loved him from the very first moment I saw him.

Franklin Roosevelt was the greatest wartime president we ever had,

but he had polio.

He spent much of his adult life in a wheelchair.

Tough one, huh? Think about it.

What he did is he didn't let it get him down, see,

this gave him drive and it gave him purpose,

and in World War II he went on to become the symbol of leadership.

Okay, Suzy! Take it up, Suzy! Pass it off!

- Yes! - We did it!

All right. Great job, guys. You did terrific.

- Feels good to win, doesn't it? - Always.

I'm Carolyn Warmus. I teach computer science.

Hi, I'm Michael Carlin. This is my daughter, Lisa.

- I'm gonna lose her to the pros soon. - That was a great shot.

- Thanks. I'm going. - Where you going?

- To Susan's. - Do I have the number?

Yeah. It's by the phone.

Some of the teachers are going to the Torch, if you want to join us.

- Where's everyone else? - Just me.

This is wrong.

I know, I'm bad.

I'm a really bad girl.

Daddy?

Want to teach me?

What are we, eighteen years old? You can't keep your fly zipped up?

Maybe you forgot. Is that it, Mike?

You used to know how, but you forgot?

Michael, how could you do it?

How long has this been going on?

A while. I broke it off this winter.

Then what the hell were you doing with her last night? Square dancing?

She needed a friend.

That's different.

Friends do meet in bars, I grant you that.

But friends don't have sex in cars. Lovers have sex in cars.

You see what I'm saying? That's the way people look at it.

Especially when they're sitting in a jury box.

- It's amazing how prudish they get. - We're not lovers.

We were lovers, but the whole thing is over with now.

Eddy, I don't know what happened. The whole thing just got away from me.

Having sex in cars is not what it was all about.

- It was last night. - I had too much to drink.

No, that's not it.

I don't know why, but she has this hold over me.

I don't want to be with her, but when I see her,

she has this way of making me, she makes me feel alive.

She makes me feel important.

It's driving me crazy to think that I was with Carolyn

when at the same time Maryann...

I hear you. Everything you're saying. Michael, I got to ask you this.

You didn't do it, did you? Kill her.

No.

Because, if I thought you had harmed one hair on Maryann's head...

It's your daughter.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry, baby.

A silencer on a twenty-five caliber Beretta?

Thing's no louder than a firecracker, to begin with.

And there are three casings missing out of a total of 9 bullets in her.

Nine? There were nine bullets in her?

Four in her back when she was face down on the floor.

Poor lady.

- Did Carlin own a gun? - Nothing that was registered.

- You're pretty darn sure it's him? - I was close to breaking him.

Another hour I would have had him.

Look, I'm retiring in six months.

I don't want to leave behind an open murder case. Find that gun.

Steve, you and Lisa need a break.

Why don't you stay at our house in Vermont for a week or two?

Thanks, Steve, I appreciate it.

I'm so sorry. I know how much you loved her.

Baby, it isn't going to be easy for you without a mother.

If you ever need a woman to talk to, I'm here, okay?

Thank you.

I didn't invite her.

How can I represent you, huh? Here.

Look, surgeons don't operate on famlly.

Lawyers don't represent their best friends.

Besides, I don't even know what I think yet myself about, you know.

Then why don't you decide?

Mike, you know I look upon you like famlly, like my own blood.

It's just that I don't understand it. To go back, and back, and back.

What the hell were you looking for? What do you need her for?

I didn't need her. She needed me. Okay?

Don't tell me that you don't know what it's like.

You got a good marriage, great kids, made a pile of money, but is that it?

You've never felt the need to have a stranger beside you?

Someone you don't know. Someone that surprises you in life, in bed.

Someone that makes you want to tell all your stories all over again.

You've never felt that once, Eddy?

Look, I haven't always been a saint, all right, Michael?

I know I've been sounding like one.

I loved Maryann. We'd become a habit. That's the truth.

With what you earn, you couldn't afford me.

I'm not just doing this for you. I'm doing this for Maryann.

Let me tell you something. If you get within five miles

of that Warmus woman, and you know and I'm not the strongest guy...

- I swear I'm gonna break your... - It's over. All right?

What, Pollina?

Why are you so sure that she died in the afternoon?

Breakfast cereal in the stomach. People eat breakfast in the morning.

What world do you live in? Maybe she got up late.

Maybe she wanted a snack. Maybe she just likes corn flakes.

- Come on... - Come on?

I interviewed a witness who spoke to Maryann Carlin on the phone

at eight o'clock at night. Five hours after you say she was dead.

Why don't you consider another line of work?

No, sorry, they're not here. Any message?

No, he's in Vermont with Lisa.

No, no message. I'll call back later.

Wait, wait, wait. Got it.

- Oh dad... - Nice catch!

Get it away.

This isn't working, is it?

I'm having a good time. Aren't you?

Yeah, I'm having a great time.

I had a wonderful time, but it's just...

I don't know. I think we should just go home.

What I'm trying to say is you don't have to do this anymore.

I'm okay. It's just this...

I've got to talk to you about something.

And I want you to hear it from me because I want you to know the truth.

It's about Carolyn.

Carolyn and I were involved.

What do you mean by involved?

What I mean is we were seeing each other.

Did mom know?

I don't think your mother knew. At least I didn't think so.

Home at last, thank goodness. Is everything all right?

I had them change the carpet.

I saw that, Mrs. Bee. Thank you very much.

I wasn't sure you'd come back, considering.

Listen, I left the water running upstairs.

You just go right on. I wanted to bring you these.

These came for you yesterday morning. Shipped to you

from the green mountain state, Vermont, by Carolyn Warmus.

That was nice of her, wasn't it?

Funny, that's where you were.

I can't wear these, look at my tush.

Men love that.

Hi, mom. What do you think?

Honey, they're great, but we can't accept them.

It's just a little gift.

I'll let her pick out what she wants and then I'll take the rest back.

I'm sick of her turning up here when she feels like it.

- And Lisa's not keeping the clothes. - You tell Lisa then!

- Since when does she listen to me? - If you weren't so rough on her...

I'm trying to teach her decent values!

Was Maryann well liked around the office?

Not especially. She was a tough boss. Moody.

She and I were friends. We had daughters the same age.

- She a good mother? - She and Lisa had their problems.

How about her marriage?

It wasn't one I would want, but to each their own.

He didn't want her to cut her hair, she didn't.

He didn't want her to wear short skirts, she didn't.

She let him get away with anything. She treated him like a god.

Everyone says it was a perfect marriage.

Who says?

- You don't like him very much. - No, I didn't like him.

How'd you feel about her?

I suggest you speak with Mr. Mitchell. He's our boss.

He'll be back later this afternoon.

- Mike. - Hey, Nikki, how are you?

I'm so glad you're back. Nobody's learning any history around here.

- I'm sure you did just fine. - They miss you like mad. We all do.

Thanks for filling in with my kids. You're also the only person today

who hasn't told me how sorry they are,

so as a result I'm probably going to break down in tears.

You haven't heard about my coaching.

You took over basketball too. How'd it go?

One win. Three losses.

"Dear Michael, welcome back. Love, Carolyn."

I'll be down in a minute! I meant to be all ready for you.

That's okay. Reservations are not until eight.

What did you tell Maryann?

I told her I was going out.

Wouldn't you rather stay in?

This can't work. We can't continue to do this.

Every time we do this, you practically slash your wrists afterwards.

Or is that part of it, huh? Is it the guilt that turns you on?

Damn near old enough to be your father. You know that.

I like old men.

- I have a wife and a family. - I want a family too.

We talked about that already.

You want me. You know you do. Tell me how much you want me.

Come in.

Mr. Mitchell, I'm Detective Sergeant Pollina.

This is Detective Harris. We're here making some inquiries

about Maryann Carlin who use to work for you.

I wondered how long it'd be before you'd find me.

Yes. She used to work for me. I knew her very well.

lntimately, I guess you could say.

You love me, but you don't want to see me?

Carolyn, I don't want to lose my family.

No, what you mean is it's okay to make it with some bimbo on the side.

- But when there's the danger of love. - That's not what I said.

Next term you're going to be going to another school.

We won't be seeing each other that much anyways,

so what l'm saying is, let's just end it now.

Fourteen seconds, go.

He breaks up with Warmus, then finds out how much she's worth

and wants her back for the money, but Maryann won't let him go,

so it's bye-bye Maryann.

Or he finds out Maryann is cheating on him with Mitchell and goes wacko.

So he comes back to his apartment, shoots Maryann,

and then races to the restaurant.

- Time? - 26 minutes and 10 seconds.

From the bowling alley to here, to the restaurant by 7:30? Never.

7:40, maybe. Maryann was alive at 8 o'clock. He couldn't have done it.

He didn't pull the trigger, but that doesn't mean he's innocent.

That orange cable could have been the coast is clear signal

to some accomplice. A hit man.

- Happy birthdays, coach! - Thanks.

Shower up and get to your next class, all right?

Someone had to remember your birthday.

The card is one thing, but this is a little too much, don't you think?

I had to let you know I love you.

I miss you. I miss seeing you.

I miss talking to you. I miss being with you.

Let me see you just one more time.

We can't, okay? You should just forget about me, do you understand?

Why? You're my best friend. You're my only friend.

Michael, I didn't want to bring this up, but I'm scared.

The cops have been here asking all kinds of questions.

- What about? - Me, my past.

What I was doing that night. What I thought of Maryann.

What have I got to do with this?

They frighten me. I'm scared. I have to see you, please.

I'm begging you!

All right, listen to me. Just calm down.

Everything's okay, you hear me? They're just using you to get to me.

I got to go.

Happy birthday?

That was Carolyn. She's very upset. I think you ought to leave her alone.

She gets upset very easily, Mr. Carlin.

It's me you want, so why don't you arrest me and get it over with?

Otherwise find the person that killed my wife.

It's pursuing various lines of inquiry, Mr. Carlin.

Did it make things difficult for you having a wealthy woman as a mistress?

If you think I killed my wife to get Carolyn's money, you're crazy.

Money's not that important to me. I like money like everyone else,

but there are things that mean a lot more to me. Like my family.

You were aware that your wife was having an affair with another man,

didn't that bother you?

She what?

I'm sorry, I was sure you knew.

Bad!

Bad...

Next time you want to talk to my client, make sure I'm there

or I'll see your butts in court.

Nine years this thing went on, she was making it with a banker.

- You honestly never had any idea? - No.

I asked her if she was cheating on me and she said no.

I played around a little bit, but an affair is different.

Nine years is like love. That hurt me and the marriage!

- Just calm down, Mike, all right? - She would lie in bed next to me.

I thought, hell, this is what long-term marriage is all about.

I didn't know she was saving it for him. I raised my daughter!

- Nobody else! I raised her! - Will you just keep your voice down?

I don't want Cheryl to know. I don't want to know about it myself.

You wanna know something? Carolyn made me feel great,

better than any woman I've ever known and I called the whole thing off

because I was afraid for my marriage and for my daughter!

I got something to tell you. The cops are checking into her background.

Do you think she could have done it? Do you?

No, she wouldn't.

So she's being shot, but she manages to dial 911.

In that neighborhood there is no 911. The regular operator took the call.

Maryann screams, begs for help, she's put on hold.

By the time they pick up, the line's gone dead.

So? They still could have traced the call.

- They did, but... - But what?

As it turns out, the Carlins had a new listing, and the trace

came up with the old number which had been assigned someplace else.

Are you telling me that while Maryann was being shot nine times,

the police were rushing to a wrong address?

- E's killing me. That's what I heard. - He's killing me?

No, E's killing me. Could have been he's killing me,

could have been she's killing me. E's killing me.

E's killing me?

E's killing me. She's killing me.

We got to find that gun.

- Warmus had a gun. - What?

She had her hands on one anyway.

She went out with this guy, Billy Bianco.

They went to the movies and he gave her his gun to hold.

- How do you know this? - Carlin's statement.

- Before you arrived, I guess. - Why didn't you mention it to me?

You were so focused on Carlin, it didn't seem to matter.

From now on, tell me everything.

So, tell me about your relationship with Carolyn Warmus.

- I know her quite well. - Socially?

She's hot stuff. We been out together a few times, but mostly it's business.

- Business? She hired you? - Yeah.

What would she need a private detective for?

One time it was because one of her daddy's jets had an accident.

- One of her daddy's jets? - Yeah. The old man's loaded.

You know that. Anyway, she got it in her head

that there was some kind of foul play and wanted me to check it out.

She's got a very vivid imagination.

Another time was because of this bartender that she was dating.

He's giving her this line that he's not married,

but she doesn't believe it, so she wants me to check it out.

I did and she was right. Boy, was she steamed.

She wanted to have pictures taken of herself. You know, sexy stuff.

Send it to this guy's wife. She'd have done it too,

only this lowlife who worked for me, him and me, we parted company.

I heard a story that you let her hold your gun. That true?

I'd let her almost hold anything if she wanted, but my piece?

- I'm not about to lose my license. - What do you carry anyway?

The best.

- You ever have a 25 caliber Beretta? - It's a girl's gun. Wouldn't own one.

- Why, did she say that I did? - Just checking.

Michael? Hi, it's Carolyn, if you're there, will you pick up?

I know you're there. I need to talk to you.

I think they're going to offer me that job with the third graders,

but I had some questions I wanted your advice on.

I was just calling to say hi. It's such a beautiful night.

Love to Lisa. Bye.

Mind if I ask you a question about Lisa?

Do you think I drive her too hard?

Do you think it's rough being a faculty child?

I think it's rough having your mother murdered.

Yeah.

See, I don't know she's really doing, you know?

Nikki, you're a lot closer to her than most

because of the sports thing.

I was wondering if maybe you could keep an eye on her?

Maybe you could talk to her a little bit, you know what I'm saying?

What's so funny?

She asked me to do the same thing for you.

Lisa?

It's for my birthday. Look, diamonds, they're real.

- Where'd you get those? - Carolyn. Look what she sent for you.

If it doesn't fit, let me know. Love, C.

Don't be angry, dad. They're my presents.

I've never had anything like these before.

You be sure to thank her, okay?

Honey, let me talk to Eddy for a second, all right?

- You're not still seeing her? - No.

I can't stop this kind of thing.

I got shirts, I got ties, I got socks.

I don't know what the hell this is.

Jackets.

Cards, I got letters. Here, you want to read some?

Notes.

Meet me at the golf course tomorrow. Love, C.

I don't know what to do with her.

Hi, this is Carolyn. Leave a message.

Carolyn, listen to me. Get this through your head.

No more notes, no more gifts, no more nothing, understand?

I never want to see you again, got it?

I don't know what I have to do.

This is where he wanted to meet us?

Class.

Here's to Carolyn Warmus.

Yeah, I remember Carolyn. Ooh la la, I took those photos of her.

Who put you on to me? Bianco?

You're a hard man to find, Larson.

You've moved a few times since the address he gave us.

I'll bet that's all he gave you,

but he didn't give you all the money he owes me.

- You got the photographs? - Oh yeah.

I'm not a bad photographer if I say so myself.

I thought I had a chance with her, but no.

She was coming on strong all over me.

That's it.

Over to me.

Are you excited?

Do I turn you on?

No.

Maybe this will help.

She kicked me in the groin. Can you believe it?

I wonder what she'd have done if I'd said yes.

Did you ever own a miniature Beretta by any chance?

Yeah, a few years back.

I lost it.

Michael, I can't believe it.

We have to talk.

I don't quite know how to put this, Carolyn.

People are saying things.

Cops are saying you might have had something to do with Maryann's death.

I don't believe that, but I want to hear it from you.

I'm glad you feel comfortable enough to come here and talk about this.

I'm beginning to realize how it might look.

Okay, we both know I'm emotional and I can get a little intense,

but I could never kill anybody.

No. I had nothing to do with it. Nothing.

I could never do anything to hurt you or Lisa.

I was with you.

I should go.

Hang on, Michael. Stay. Stay with me for a whlle.

- I can't. - Why? You're single again.

You don't have anything to feel guilty about.

Or, are you seeing somebody else?

Is there another woman, Michael? Is that it? Michael!

Don't go, Michael! Please! I need you!

You're so stupid!

Michael, Carolyn's family lawyer just called me.

They think she may be suicidal. They're considering

having her admitted for psychiatric care,

and she's asking for you. She wants to see you.

I've got my own problems. If her therapist wants to call me,

that's one thing, but I don't want to talk to her. It's the best I can do.

Ms. Wllson, this is quite critical.

Initially you stated that the program was on at 8 o'clock.

That show's always on at eight, and I always watch it at eight.

I was talking to Maryann and I saw it coming on.

Whoops, I said, there's my program. Maryann laughed.

- You go and watch it, she said. - But it was on at seven.

I didn't know the network had switched the time.

I didn't know it was on at seven. It's on at eight, always has been.

Networks. No wonder people are switching to cable.

Can't rely on anything anymore.

I thought, I'll go to a good school, work hard, get a good degree.

And I did. But it didn't make any difference.

Nobody wanted to talk to me. Not men anyway.

I mean no one has ever said to me, Carolyn, would you please explain

the theory of quantum physics, which I could do.

They don't want to know that. That isn't what men want from me.

And what do they want, Carolyn?

All they want is my body! All they want is my mouth!

They don't realize what that means to a woman.

They don't realize that letting them invade your body like that

is like giving them your soul. I thought Michael was different.

And once you felt Michael disappointed you,

there was no point in going on?

I was wrong. I've always been wrong.

And I don't want to live the rest of my life being wrong.

Hey, Lis?

I want to talk to you for a minute.

Listen, since you're going to be going to softball camp,

I was thinking about taking off for a week.

- What do you think about that? - I think that would be great.

- Where would you go? - I was thinking about Maine.

Maybe Bar Harbor.

I was thinking about taking Nikki with me, have her go along.

- What do you think about that? - I don't know.

I think that would be great, actually.

- That would be really good for you. - Okay.

We're a team. Go to your right.

Okay, that's it.

Okay, we're gonna crash now.

Okay, I better help him out.

- One at a time, right? - Yeah, go ahead.

Thank you very much. It was really fun.

It's unbelievably beautiful here.

You should bring dad here for a vacation. The water is...

Mom, he's just a friend.

Yes, he's right here.

Yes.

I see.

Thank you for calling.

I love you too, mom. Bye.

What's the matter?

Mike, a policewoman called my mother all the way in Ohio

and asked her is she knew her daughter was in Maine

with a man who murdered his wife.

How can you still be a suspect? I don't get it.

I don't either.

As an old friend of the Warmus family, this is difficult for me,

but I think it's important you know that Carolyn's out of the hospital.

- She talked her way out? - I'm not really surprised.

She's a genius of talking her way out of anything.

She's brilliant, but she's also a pathological liar.

There's been a history of it. She becomes obsessed with men.

- Obsessed to the point of... - Why you telling me this?

She says she's after you and your wife. She believes you stopped her

from seeing Michael Carlin, and that gave another woman

the opportunity to come between her and Michael.

- Is she a serious threat? - She frightens even me.

Oh my God.

Yeah. Okay.

Thanks, Eddy. I'll talk to you later, all right?

Eddy spoke to the cops. He said it wasn't any of their people.

Carolyn's out of the hospital. She threatened my lawyer.

She also called the school to find out where we are.

It wasn't a policewoman that called your mother. It was Carolyn.

Hang on to your hat. Update on Warmus.

Listen to what just came in. Michigan cops got quite a file on her.

Restraining order slapped on her in college.

She tried to keep a former boyfriend from marrying someone else.

She left notes on their car. She said she was pregnant when she wasn't.

She wrote abusive letters to the other woman.

Harassing them to the point that this guy's lawyer claimed

the couple was in a state of mind that they feared for their safety.

Another time when she was in college some guy she was after

wouldn't go out with her because he was Jewish, so...

- She converted? - And the guy left the state.

Does anybody know where she is now?

Thank you very much.

Mr. Carlin? There's a message that just came in for you.

Be in your room at six this evening for an important phone call.

Who's it from?

It doesn't say. Come on.

Hello? Who is it?

Eddy?

Eddy, if this is you, I can't hear you.

If you can hear me, hang up and call me back.

- Who is it? - I'm not sure.

Come on.

It's her. She's here.

Let's meet in my room in a half an hour. Love, Carolyn.

Michael, this is getting too crazy.

I'm sorry I got you into all this.

- Can't you arrest her? - On what grounds?

Suspicion of murder? We don't have a damn murder weapon.

Making a few phone calls to her ex-lover?

I really took you over the cause, Mr. Carlin, and, I'm sorry,

but in cases like this, nine out of ten times a family member did it.

Yeah.

What about a phone tap? She loves to talk on the phone.

I don't have enough evidence to take her to the DA.

How am I gonna get a court order for a tap?

- You really think she killed Maryann? - Ten out of ten.

She was with me.

The time of death wasn't exactly what you think it was.

Lois Wllson had the wrong time on the TV show.

By an hour. It wasn't just before 8. It was just before 7.

- How long did you know this? - A while.

Can't believe this.

There's a lot of things about this lady you'll find hard to believe.

Take it in! Good, hustle back.

Here you go. Play it.

Hi.

I'm helping out with the JV's, that's why I'm over here.

You look great. How's Lisa?

She's good.

I wish I never loved you.

How much did you love me?

Twenty-four hours a day? Every minute? Every second?

Waking, sleeping, dreaming?

Is that how much you love me?

John?

What have you got, Oliver?

Private detective, a guy named Richie Jason,

used to work for Billy Bianco, just called from LA.

Says he heard we were looking for a Beretta with a silencer.

Says he knows the guy who sold it to our friend, Bianco.

- Bingo. - We got our break, boss.

Somewhere we shook the right tree.

Hey, guys, what is this, the Calvary? Hey, what the hell is this?

I thought it'd be appropriate

to invite some of New York City's finest to this party,

cause I just had a little talk with Richie Jason.

So?

It seems you paid a machinist 1,000 dollars to make an illegal silencer

for an unlicensed Beretta. Sworn statement. He says

you were doing this for a customer. I wonder who that customer was.

Bianco, you know what I'm holding here?

It's up to you. Either I let go, or I start squeezing.

It was Warmus.

I sold it to Carolyn Warmus.

- Ms. Carolyn Warmus? - Yes?

Detective William Lowell NYPD. We have a warrant for these premises.

- Talk about rich. - Rich and a half.

The staircase is for dancing down.

What are you looking for?

Why don't you just sit down and be a good girl?

- I'm not a girl! - Not too good either.

- I want to call my lawyer. - Go ahead, the search warrant holds.

These are her golf clubs. Play doubles, Ms. Warmus?

Boss!

Look at all this stuff.

Tours of France. She had her whole life worked out with this guy.

- Telephone bills. - We've been through telephone bills.

MCI. She had separate long distance service.

Nobody thought of that?

- Sorry, boss. - And this.

Dear Michael, I can no longer go on and have decided to kill myself.

If you tell me how you did it, I'll leave a suicide note

saying I killed Maryann. I love you. Signed, C.

She's saying I did it? This is crazy.

We've been through this a million times, Pollina.

The woman's a nutcase. She's a wacko.

Are you going to file charges against her or not?

Relax. We're close.

I got new evidence. Phone records.

After speaking with you on the day of the murder,

Carolyn Warmus made three more calls.

Long distance to gun shops in New Jersey.

Two of them didn't answer. Third one did.

A Linda Grassley's license was stolen from her handbag

when she was working for a company in Manhattan.

Summer job. The person working at the desk next to her was Carolyn Warmus.

We've found the man who made the silencer

for the gun that was used to kill your wife.

Made it for a private investigator named Billy Bianco.

- Carolyn talked about him. - It was his Beretta.

He sold it to a client who wanted protection from some woman

named Maryann.

This is how we think it happened.

When you left the apartment that night to go to the bowling alley...

All right, Lois, go watch your program.

I'll talk to you later.

Hello?

- Oh, hi. - Hi.

Michael isn't here, and neither is Lisa.

No, I know, he told me she's in Vermont.

Actually, it was you that I wanted to talk to. Can I come up?

Okay.

Really, Carolyn, I'm very tired.

That's all right. This won't take long.

- What on earth? - It's nothing, really.

Oh my God.

Really, it's easy. It won't take long.

Don't do that.

Help me! Help me!

She's killing me!

What we've got now is mostly circumstantial.

Strong. Without establishing a motive, she could walk.

Her daddy will buy her the best lawyer in town.

You want to go for a grand jury indictment.

Will you testify against her?

Michael? You don't have to answer that now.

I'lI testify.

Damn it, Carolyn, you cannot dress like this. It doesn't help us.

All I can say is the police have mishandled this case from the start.

My client, Carolyn Warmus, is innocent.

She's the victim of a conspiracy

orchestrated by the murdered woman's adulterous husband,

and we will prove it. Thank you.

Of course it's ridiculous. I had absolutely nothing to do with it.

Why would I? I liked Maryann, and Lisa. We were friends.

Michael?

Yeah, we had an affair, but I've had lots of affairs.

If I murdered the wife of every man I've had an affair with

there'd be a long line of caskets. And look at him.

I mean he's nice, enough. Nothing special.

Nothing worth killing for. Sort of nondescript.

The kind that will never amount to much.

He's got a good body,

but I'm worth millions and he's got a teacher's salary.

I could have my pick just about, so why would I waste my life for him?

I've racked my brains trying to think who might've murdered Maryann,

and I can only come up with one person. Him.

Not because he loved me. lf that were the case, it'd be kind of romantic,

in a gruesome kind of way. He did it for my money.

It's the only thing that makes sense, isn't it?

A boring schoolteacher married to frumpy old Maryann, who's sweet,

but no taste in clothes, and then I come along with all my money.

He's always wanted to be somebody. Thinks he's cock of the walk

riding around on his motorcycle like James Dean in that leather jacket

while poor Maryann had to wear those terrible clothes.

But that's men, isn't it? Never thinking about anyone but themselves.

Not that I think he actually pulled the trigger.

I don't think he's got the guts for that.

I think he hired someone to do his dirty work for him.

Billy Bianco probably, and they wanted a patsy, so they set me up,

but they won't get away with it. My daddy has hired a wonderful lawyer

and he's gonna take Michael apart on the stand.

All of my life men have been telling me that l've done it wrong.

That l'm a bad girl, and I always believed them.

I always thought they were right because they were men,

and men make the rules.

But not this time.

Oh no. l'm not gonna take the blame for this. You'll see.

Not this time. Not for any damn man.

You'll see.